In fact, OG Barb Nicki Minaj was going to be part of the brand new Barbie film, however that doesn’t imply that she was going to hop on simply any track that got here her method. As she graced the pink carpet for the world premiere of Barbie on Sunday (July 9), Minaj spilled some tea concerning the course of behind her and Ice Spice’s collaboration for the movie’s soundtrack.
“There have been a pair songs that I didn’t love,” Minaj revealed to Leisure Tonight. “This ‘Barbie’ pattern, I liked it. I simply wished it to have a dope drum, and so the one which they despatched me, I liked! And I jumped on it instantly.” The track in query was “Barbie World,” a collaboration with New York rapper Ice Spice that featured manufacturing contributions from RiotUSA and a pattern of AQUA’s seminal “Barbie Woman.”
The rapper additionally known as her inclusion within the challenge a “very full circle second.” “I’ve been saying ‘Barbie’ my complete profession,” she informed ET.
“Barbie World” is at the moment the very best charting track from the Barbie soundtrack. The track debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Scorching 100, changing into Minaj’s twenty third prime 10 hit and Ice Spice’s fourth. The soundtrack single additionally marks the second collaboration between the 2 artists; the pair linked up earlier this 12 months for a remix of Ice’s “Princess Diana,” which peaked at No. 4 on the Scorching 100.
Along with Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, the soundtrack for the Greta Gerwig-helmed movie additionally boasts a slew of pop music’s greatest and brightest stars. Government produced by Grammy and Oscar winner Mark Ronson, Barbie The Album is ready to function contributions from Dua Lipa, Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, Karol G, Lizzo, Khalid, Gayle, Fifty Fifty, Kaliii, Haim, Tame Impala, Charli XCX and extra.
Try a clip of Nicki’s pink carpet interview beneath:
